Keeping prices attractive for customers


Skilled hands: Goh making drinks for customers at his shop in Jelutong. — ZHAFARAN NASIB/The Star

GEORGE TOWN: Some sellers of “holiday food attractions’ here are trying their best to keep prices attractive, checks by The Star revealed.Nasi kandar shop owner Syed Ibrahim Mohamed Yacoob said he felt the pinch with the price increases of food items in the past two months. He had no choice but to charge more, but he is doing his best to keep price hikes low to avoid the wrath of his patrons.

“Before this, a piece of chicken was only RM4 to RM5, but now we have to sell it at RM7,” he said.

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